American Politics 16: After The Ballooning

[Shrillland]

This got lost in the congressional shuffle, but there was a terror attack in Vegas.

MGM's Mega Array, the solar farm used to power all of their Vegas-area properties, was completely disabled by a man who set fire to a transformer pit. The array will need at least two years to go fully online again.

[Mountains and Volcanoes]

MGM's Mega Array, the solar farm used to power all of their Vegas-area properties, was completely disabled by a man who set fire to a transformer pit. The array will need at least two years to go fully online again.

”Solar farm / array”: I smell MTG inspired attack here...

• Wait... didn’t something like this happen Texas, recently?

[San Lumen]

This got lost in the congressional shuffle, but there was a terror attack in Vegas.

MGM's Mega Array, the solar farm used to power all of their Vegas-area properties, was completely disabled by a man who set fire to a transformer pit. The array will need at least two years to go fully online again.

This is now three attack on power plants or substations? I hope we do not see more. This is something local governments need to start looking into and increase security around them.

[Ifreann]

This got lost in the congressional shuffle, but there was a terror attack in Vegas.

MGM's Mega Array, the solar farm used to power all of their Vegas-area properties, was completely disabled by a man who set fire to a transformer pit. The array will need at least two years to go fully online again.

Oh shit, they disabled the ARCHIMEDES II orbital laser.

[Yerachmeal]

You know, I wish Collin Peterson would run for president. I doubt he has any interest, but I would 100% vote for him over Trump, or most republicans for that matter. And that means something coming from a republican.

[San Lumen]

You know, I wish Collin Peterson would run for president. I doubt he has any interest, but I would 100% vote for him over Trump, or most republicans for that matter. And that means something coming from a republican.

Who is that? never heard of him.

[Shrillland]

You know, I wish Collin Peterson would run for president. I doubt he has any interest, but I would 100% vote for him over Trump, or most republicans for that matter. And that means something coming from a republican.

Who is that? never heard of him.

Congressman from Minnesota.

[San Lumen]

Who is that? never heard of him.

Congressman from Minnesota.

Ok and what makes this person special that they should run for President? Are they currently serving?

[Yerachmeal]

You know, I wish Collin Peterson would run for president. I doubt he has any interest, but I would 100% vote for him over Trump, or most republicans for that matter. And that means something coming from a republican.

Who is that? never heard of him.

Centrist with plenty of experience. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collin_Peterson He's an old school democrat from when they were actually good.

[San Lumen]

Who is that? never heard of him.

Centrist with plenty of experience. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collin_Peterson He's an old school democrat from when they were actually good.

Only one Congressman has ever been elected President. James Garfield in 1880.

Define old school Democrat whose actually good.

[Austria-Bohemia-Hungary]

Who is that? never heard of him.

Centrist with plenty of experience. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collin_Peterson He's an old school democrat from when they were actually good.

so a far-right corpo shill is now a "centrist"? Lmfao and what's right-wing? Outright National Socialism?

[Ifreann]

American political jargon is very poorly designed. "Congress" refer to both houses of the legislature but "Congressman" is only the men in the House and not the Senate.

Gonna write a letter to the 18th Century, tell them to sort their shit out.

[Austria-Bohemia-Hungary]

American political jargon is very poorly designed. "Congress" refer to both houses of the legislature but "Congressman" is only the men in the House and not the Senate.

Gonna write a letter to the 18th Century, tell them to sort their shit out.

a senator is supposed to be the "upper class" of the legislature so...

[Shrillland]

American political jargon is very poorly designed. "Congress" refer to both houses of the legislature but "Congressman" is only the men in the House and not the Senate.

Gonna write a letter to the 18th Century, tell them to sort their shit out.

We could call them MCs but we already gave that initial to another occupation.

[San Lumen]

Centrist with plenty of experience. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collin_Peterson He's an old school democrat from when they were actually good.

so a far-right corpo shill is now a "centrist"? Lmfao and what's right-wing? Outright National Socialism?

i am so tired of this term corporate shrill just as much as establishment. They have both become blanket terms for anyone in office and anyone people don't like.

[Yerachmeal]

Centrist with plenty of experience. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collin_Peterson He's an old school democrat from when they were actually good.

Only one Congressman has ever been elected President. James Garfield in 1880.

Define old school Democrat whose actually good.

Remember the democrats in the 20th century When affirmative actions didn't go nearly as far, and those stimulus bill recently done weren't nearly as common or extreme? The democrats were generally better than the republicans (in my opinion of course). He started his political career in 1976, and his policies (which were moderate even then) stayed pretty consistent. He was the senior house member, even over Pelosi as he was forst elected to congress in 1990, until he lost re-election in 2020.

[WayNeacTia]

Who do you think should run?

Well, I’m assuming you want AOC.
Who would I say?
Who says not Michelle Obama?

That isn’t the worst idea in the world. Think about it, if the republicans had run anyone else but Trump, Hillary would have easily won. So they sold their soul and gave him the nomination. Desantis while popular, isn’t Trump. Kamala is universally hated and can’t win the oval. If Trump decides to run as a third party, convincing Michelle to run may be just the bold idea to beat Desantis.

[Yerachmeal]

Centrist with plenty of experience. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collin_Peterson He's an old school democrat from when they were actually good.

so a far-right corpo shill is now a "centrist"? Lmfao and what's right-wing? Outright National Socialism?

I'm talking by American standards.

[Austria-Bohemia-Hungary]

so a far-right corpo shill is now a "centrist"? Lmfao and what's right-wing? Outright National Socialism?

I'm talking by American standards.

the american standard is as wretched as the soviet standard used to be

[San Lumen]

Only one Congressman has ever been elected President. James Garfield in 1880.

Define old school Democrat whose actually good.

Remember the democrats in the 20th century When affirmative actions didn't go nearly as far, and those stimulus bill recently done weren't nearly as common or extreme? The democrats were generally better than the republicans (in my opinion of course). He started his political career in 1976, and his policies (which were moderate even then) stayed pretty consistent. He was the senior house member, even over Pelosi as he was forst elected to congress in 1990, until he lost re-election in 2020.

Your also forgetting times have changed. political coalitions have shifted. In 1976 many rural areas still voted Republican. Carter also won many southern states.

[Mountains and Volcanoes]

Centrist with plenty of experience. He's an old school democrat from when they were actually good.

so a far-right corpo shill is now a "centrist"?

I guess, Neoliberalism is far right? Yeah I concur...

Lmfao and what's right-wing? Outright National Socialism?

Most likely...

[Yerachmeal]

Only one Congressman has ever been elected President. James Garfield in 1880.

Define old school Democrat whose actually good.

Remember the democrats in the 20th century When affirmative actions didn't go nearly as far, and those stimulus bill recently done weren't nearly as common or extreme? The democrats were generally better than the republicans (in my opinion of course). He started his political career in 1976, and his policies (which were moderate even then) stayed pretty consistent. He was the senior house member, even over Pelosi as he was forst elected to congress in 1990, until he lost re-election in 2020.

By 20th century I meant the 21st century.

[Austria-Bohemia-Hungary]

yeah and the further back you pick your democrats the more of them think a sizeable portion (the African-American one psst) of the US population are literal Untermenschen

[Yerachmeal]

Remember the democrats in the 20th century When affirmative actions didn't go nearly as far, and those stimulus bill recently done weren't nearly as common or extreme? The democrats were generally better than the republicans (in my opinion of course). He started his political career in 1976, and his policies (which were moderate even then) stayed pretty consistent. He was the senior house member, even over Pelosi as he was forst elected to congress in 1990, until he lost re-election in 2020.

Your also forgetting times have changed. political coalitions have shifted. In 1976 many rural areas still voted Republican. Carter also won many southern states.

My point is, if he were interested in running, and he somehow won the primaries, he would attract a lot of voters. As I said, I'd vote for him over most (but not all) republicans, and since I am a republican that ceartainly has to mean something.

[Yerachmeal]

I'm talking by American standards.

the american standard is as wretched as the soviet standard used to be

Yeah, but since this is an American thread, I assumed it was obvious that "centrist" was refering to being right in between both parties. Really by todays standards I'd argue that he's really more of a republican than Susan Collins, but oh well.